Editor’s Note: Travel journalist Tony Capecchi has produced media for television, magazine and radio outlets such as NBC, CBS, ESPN2 and In-Fisherman. He visited Aikens this summer to write a series of articles. Below is a guide spotlight...

After two great summers working as a waitress, bartender and housekeeper at Aikens Lake Wilderness Lodge, Chantal Carriere-Khan decided it was time to “grow up” and enter the dreaded real world. She had just completed her degree in...